Li Feng (Cao Wei)

Li Feng
李豐
Prefect of the Palace Writers (中書令)
In office
251 (251)–254 (254)
MonarchCao Fang
Supervisor of the Masters of Writing (尚書僕射)
In office
c. 240s (c. 240s)–251 (251)
MonarchCao Fang
Palace Attendant (侍中)
In office
c. 240s (c. 240s)–251 (251)
MonarchCao Fang
Personal details
Born200s[1]
Dali County, Shaanxi
Died27 March 254
Luoyang, Henan
Relations
  • Li Yi (brother)
  • Li Wei (brother)
Children
Parent
  • Li Yi (father)
OccupationPolitician
Courtesy nameAnguo (安國)

Li Feng (200s - 27 March 254[2]), courtesy name Anguo, was a Chinese politician of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was a trusted official of the third Wei emperor Cao Fang, and did not follow the regent Sima Shi's wishes.

In 254, in company with Xiahou Xuan and Zhang Ji (張緝), he plotted to kill Sima Shi. However, Sima Shi sensed their scheme and summoned Li Feng to meet him in the palace, where he interrogated Li Feng and killed him. He was then accused of treason and his family members were executed as well.[3]

  1. ^ A Weilüe annotation in Xiahou Xuan's biography in Sanguozhi indicate that Li Feng was 17-18 (by East Asian reckoning) during the Huang'chu era (220-226) of Cao Pi's reign. Thus, his birth year should be in the 200s.
  2. ^ geng'xu day of the 2nd month of the 6th year of the Jia'ping era, per Cao Fang's biography in Sanguozhi. Xiahou Xuan and Cao Fang's father-in-law Zhang Ji also died on the same day.
  3. ^ Pei Songzhi's annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 9.